And the chairs were constructed in slightly different ways
Plus what is more beautiful than those cones and pyramids and half-spheres just on their own
and original mirror in place
handwoven on a backstop loom
I could look at this all day
SOLD WIFE, 1912 Folk Art Love Token Wheel Barrow with Velvet Pin Cushion, Signed modeling tools And the chairs were constructedI found this one at an antiques show in Maine to my great delight a love token and a pin cushion and miniature wheel barrow rolled in one! Constructed of cigar box wood, painted gold around the perimeter, wire, and just right blue velvet for the pin cushion, with wonderfully carved arrow pierced heart at center, and WIFE spelled out in pins what could be better? Ah, a handwritten dedication, to EMR from MHR 1912, on the underside, too! One imagines a